World Series of Poker Statistics at Halfway Point

An Interesting Look at Some Leaders and Numbers from the Rio

The 2011 World Series of Poker presented by Jack Links Beef Jerky at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino is past the halfway point and here is a look at some of the statistics from the tournament, through Event No. 29.

NOTE: Half-way Point Statistics provided by WSOP.

The Basics:

- The 2011 WSOP has awarded $52,506,260 through 29 events.
- The 2011 WSOP has seen 29,421 participants through 29 events.

Is Age Just a Number, or does it have a direct correlation to who is winning the most?

- Average Age of Entrants: 36.17
- Average Age of Cashers: 34.9
- Average Age of Final Tables: 33.92
- Average Age of Winners: 28.82

Location, location, location:

• Number of countries entered: 74
• Number of countries to cash: 62
• Number of U.S. states entered: 50

Top 5 STATES TO CASH

STATE

# of CASHES

TOTAL

1

Nevada

424

$6,868,162

2

California

408

$5,649,640

3

Florida

178

$2,824,387

4

Texas

155

$2,908,179

5

New York

148

$3,913,078

List of World Rankings, including leading money winners by country:

Country

Bracelets

Cashes

Earnings

United States

25

3,395

$51,356,980

Canada

3

248

$4,363,230

United Kingdom

3

135

$4,172,505

Russia

1

60

$1,471,166

France

2

63

$1,237,075

Ukraine

1

5

$705,443

Italy

0

33

$632,258

South Africa

0

9

$430,028

Marshall Islands

0

1

$428,140

Australia

0

17

$378,720

Entrants

- Only 946 of 29,421 entrants have been female – or 3.2%
- Thus, the men represent 96.8% of all participants to date.

Individual Stats

- Of the 29 WSOP gold bracelets awarded, no one has won more than one.
- The current leader of the WSOP Player of the Year race is Phil Hellmuth (as of 6/21/2011).

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